MTV's Greatest Hits

MTV's Greatest Hits was a pop music program on the European television channel MTV. It started on 19 March 1990, and between 1991 and 1994 was presented by Paul King, with Pip Dann, Richie Rich and others substituting for King in his absence. King used a variety of catchphrases.[1] MTV's Greatest Hits gained in popularity through the years. After Paul King's departure the show continued on MTV with different VJs, and ended in or about 1996.

MTV's Greatest Hits
MTV's Greatest Hits in 1990.
Directed byNeil Breakwell
Presented byPaul King
Music byPeter Good (programming)
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
Production
Executive producerSara Martin
Running time60 minutes
Release
Original networkMTV Networks Europe
Original release19 March 1990 (1990-03-19) –
1996 (1996)

Content

The main concept was to show all the greatest hits from the 1960s, 1970s, 1980s and early 1990s. The program featured videos from Madonna, Prince, Duran Duran and others.

The show was broadcast at 4pm and then repeated at 10pm CET. In 1993, the program was aired at 1pm and then at 8pm

Farewell to Paul King

The last edition with Paul King was aired on 29 July 1994. He said: "I am pulling out some of those videos that I really do think deserve to be called great and classic".

His choices were:

References
  1. Paul King, Paul King Fansite.
Part of a series on

MTV in the United States
Programs on MTV
MTV personalities
Censorship on MTV
MTV Generation
MTV News
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.